##VIDEO ID:sA7MP0Kp6zU## M M >>Jessica Vaughn: I AM JESSICA VAUGHN, CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE SERVE MORE THAN 200,000 STUDENTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN STARTING WITH OUR EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS AND CONTINUING WITH ADULTS THROUGH OUR ADULTS THROUGH OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. >>Karen Perez: I AM KAREN PEREZ, THE BOARD'S VICE-CHAIR. OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH OUR DISTRICT IS THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN AMERICA AND OUR TEAM IS MADE OF 74,000 PEOPLE WORKING AT CLOSE TO AT CLOSE TO 50 SITES ACROSS THE AT CLOSE TO 50 SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. [SPEAKING WORLD LANGUAGE] >>Lynn Gray: OUR DISTRICT IS DIVERSE AND DIVERSE AND DEDICATED. OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE HELD IN OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM OUR BOARD AUDITORIUM ON SELECT TUESDAYS AT P.M. THE BEST WAY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO INVOLVE YOU, THE PUBLIC, IN WHAT WE DO. >>Henry "Shake" Washington: YOU ARE WELCOME TO MEET OR E-MAIL ANY OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND FOLLOW OUR DISTRICT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS ARE COVERED LIVE BY HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS TV ON SPECTRUM 635 AND FRONTIER CHANNEL 3 FRONTIER CHANNEL 3. >>Stacy Hahn: MEETINGS ARE STREAMED HIVE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGHSCHOOLS.ROORG. CLOSED CAPTIONING IS AVAILABLE ON ALL BROADCASTS. >> WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY. WE WILL INCLUDE TIME FOR AUDIENCE COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OUR ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS ITEM. FOR EACH MEETING ON OUR WEB SITE AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOLS.ORG. >> OUR VISION IS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE. AND THAT MEANS ALL AND THAT MEANS ALL STUDENTS HE DAY. >>Jessica Vaughn: THE BOARD MEETING OF JANUARY 14, 2025 IS MEETING OF JANUARY 14, 2025 IS CALLED TO ORDER. MEMBER PEREZ WILL LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOLLOWED BY THE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEASE JOIN ME IN A LINE OF REZONINGS. IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA INCLUDING THE ATTACK IN NEW ORLEANS AND DEVASTATING FIRES IN L.A., OUT HEARTS GO OUT TO ALL THOSE AFFECTED. WE STAND OUT FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES TOURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. TOGETHER, WE MUST CONTINUE TOGETHER, WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND WORK MORE COMPASSIONATE. WE WE MOURN THE PASSING OF PRESIDENT JIMMY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, 39th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WHOED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 100. HIS LEGACY AS A HUMANITARIAN, HIS LEGACY AS A HUMANITARIAN, NOBEL PRIZE LECTURER AND ADVOCATE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND ALL THOSE WHO WERE TOUCHED BY HIS REMARKABLE LIFE AND SERVICE. THANK YOU. NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MOMENT OF MUCH FOR THE MOMENT OF REFLECTION. MEMBER PEREZ, WILL YOU PLEASE MEMBER PEREZ, WILL YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT. >>Karen Perez: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BEN HILL JAZZ BAND ALONG WITH INSTRUCTOR JAY ALONG WITH INSTRUCTOR JAY DUNN. WONDERFUL STUDENTS ENTERTAINED US PRIOR TO THE START OF THE BOARD MEETING. WE WOULD LOVE TO INVITE THE STUDENTS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THEMSELVES. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS CONNOR CRUZ. I AM AN 8th GREAT I AM AN 8th GREAT PERCUSSIONIST. >> ETHAN RUNCKLE, AN 8th GRADE TROMBONIST. >> I AM -- MY NAME >> I AM -- MY NAME IS KADEN >> I AM -- MY NAME IS KADEN RUSSELL AND 8th GRADE SAXOPHONIST. >> ANTHONY DIAZ, AND AN 8th GRADE TROMBONIST. >> TREY >> TREY TURNER, 8th GRADE, CUSHIONIST. >> PEYTON >> PEYTON BROWN, 8th GRADE >> PEYTON BROWN, 8th GRADE PERCUSSIONIST. >> I AM >> I AM >> I AM  EDIMIHA A >> I AM  EDIMIHA A SAXOPHONE PLAYER. >> I AM RYAN RISK AND AN 8th GRADE TRUMPET PLAYER. >> I AM BRIAN AND AN 8th GRADE SAXOPHONIST. >> I AM AN 8th GRADE >> I AM AN 8th GRADE TUBA PLAYER. >> I AM AN 8th GRADE >> I AM AN 8th GRADE SAXOPHONIST. >> JIANA SMITH AND AN 8th GRADE FRENCH HORN. >> 7th GRADE PIANIST. >> JACKSON AND AN 8th GRADE BASSIST. >> ALIANA AND A >> ALIANA AND A th >> ALIANA AND A th GRADE TROMBONIST. >> ISABELLA AND I AM AN 8th GRADE TRUMPET GRADE TRUMPET PLAYER. >> 8th GRADE >> 8th GRADE TROMBONIST. >> I AM THE BEN DIRECTOR AT >> I AM THE BEN DIRECTOR AT BEN HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTY. AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO PLAY TODAY [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] GET A GOOD SPOT WHERE THEY CAN SEE YOU. >>Patti Rendon: YOU ARE >>Patti Rendon: YOU ARE AMAZING. >> 3, 2, 1. >>Nadia Combs: GREAT JOB. YOU GUYS WERE AMAZING. I LOVED LISTENING TO YOU GUYS. >>Lynn Gray: REMINDS ME OF MY EARLIER YEARS. THAT WAS A GOOD JOYCE. >>Nadia Combs: THANK YOU, AGAIN. >>Jessica Vaughn: WE HAVE >>Jessica Vaughn: WE HAVE ON IN WITH DRAWN ITEMS. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE THE AGENDA. A MOTION BY MEMBER GRAY. A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. LET THE RECORD REFLECT -- PLEASE VOTE -- THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY WITH MEMBER WASHINGTON BEING ABSENT. PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER WASHINGTON. WE ALSO HAVE ONE SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED TODAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024, SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER COMBS. AND A SECOND BY MEMBER PEREZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE MOTION PASSIONS AND THE MOTION PASSIONS UNANIMOUSLY WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT. BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S MEETING. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE A NONPARTISAN BOARD AS A REMINDER ALL CHILDREN CAN BE EMPOWERED TO LEARN AND SUCCEED AND MADE WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AGENDA STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. AFTERWARDS, THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN RESPOND. IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU ARE ASKED TO PLEASE GET IN THE THE QUEUE. MEMBER PEREZ WILL READ THE BOARD GUIDELINES. >>Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETINGS PLEASE LET ME REVIEW THE FORMAT OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SPEAKERS IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT WILL ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO HEAR THE MEETING WHEN STEPPING AWAY FROM THE DAIS. THIS MEETING CAN BE VIEWED WITH LIVE CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE LIVE WEB SITE, ON LIVE WEB SITE, ON TV AND ON MONITORS IN THE MONITORS IN THE AUDITORIUM AND ALSO VIEWED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING ON ONLINE VIDEO ARCHIVE. >>Jessica Vaughn: ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR 6 P.M. AT EMPLOYEE INPUT. RECOGNITIONS, RECOGNITIONS, A.01. RECOGNITION OF THE BEST CREW AWARD. APPEAR APPEAR APPEAR ANNEMARIE COURTNEY DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIP AND OUTREACH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, CABINET MEMBERS AND GUESTS, THE BUCCANEERS ARE BUCCANEERS ARE ONE OF OUR MOST SUPPORTIVE PARTNERS. THE BUCS BEST CREW PROGRAM THE BUCS BEST CREW PROGRAM RECOGNIZES STANDOUT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS, ADMINISTERS, AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE I DON'T REMEMBER OVERALL IMPACT ON REMEMBER OVERALL IMPACT ON STUDENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE BRIAN FORD, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS TONIGHT HERE TO ANNOUNCE THIS MONTH'S REWARD -- AWARD REWARD -- AWARD RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET STARTED. I WANTED TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY A LITTLE EVERYBODY A LITTLE EXCITED. I KNOW OUR SEASON ENDED ABRUPTLY ON SUNDAY NIGHT, BUT WE ARE STILL NFC SOUTH DIVISION CHAMPS FOR THE FOURTH FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR AND FIFTH STRAIGHT TIME. [APPLAUSE] AND I HAVE A SUFFICIENT NEAR FOR ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS. >> OH, >> OH, SO NICE. THANK YOU. SO SO NICE. THANK YOU. OH, OH, THANK YOU. >>Patti Rendon: CAN WE HAVE ONE FOR SHAKE. HE IS NOT HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>Lynn Gray: FOOTBALL. A HAT. IF. >>Jessica Vaughn: LOOKS GOOD ON YOU. >>Lynn Gray: OH, >>Lynn Gray: OH, BOY. >> PASS IT OUT TO THE FOLKS WHO HELPED US THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. . [APPLAUSE] >> WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. BUT NOW WE HAVE TO GET TO SOME AWARDS, RIGHT? YES. SO WEAR THOSE HATS SO WEAR THOSE HATS PROUDLY. NEXT YEAR WILL BE OUR 50th SEASON AS A FRANCHISE. SO WE WANTED TO BRING HOME A BIG TROPHY TO KIND OF KICK INTO THAT. BUT NEXT YEAR, WATCH OUT. >>Lynn Gray: WATCH OUT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT AND THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT. TODAY IT IS ABOUT THREE AWARD WINNERS WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE HERE. NESHIRA MITCHELL, THE PRINCIPAL AT MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] WHEN I WAS READ THROUGH WHAT YOUR YOUR PEERS AND WHAT YOUR YOUR PEERS AND WHAT YOUR ADMINISTRATORS -- SUPPORT STAFF SHARED ABOUT YOU, THEY CLAIM OUR DEDICATED LEADER, DEDICATED LEADER, COMPASSIONATE DEDICATED LEADER, COMPASSIONATE MENTOR AND TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR THE THE STUDENTS. STRONG WORDS. THROUGHOUT YOUR TENURE AS PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPAL, STUDENTS' SUCCESS AND COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE AND OUTREACH AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS. NOT JUST MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE YOU ARE NOW. BEYOND MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, YOU PLAY A LEADING ROLE IN STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS. TEACHERS DESCRIBE YOU AS A SUPPORTIVE AND VISIONARY LEADER WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER THOSE AROUND YOU. AND STUDENTS OFTEN SPEAK OF YOUR GENUINE CARE AND ENCOURAGEMENT THAT YOU RECEIVE. YOUR PASSION FOR EDUCATION YOUR PASSION FOR EDUCATION COUPLED WITH DEDICATION TO COUPLED WITH DEDICATION TO NURTURING YOUNG MINDS MIKE US YOUR YOUR BUCCANEERS BEST KREWE MEMBER AS AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER AS AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR. [ APPLAUSE ] . [APPLAUSE] JENNIFER, COME ON UP HERE. JENNIFER DUDLEY. YOUR STORY IS YOUR STORY IS HEARTBREAKING. THANK YOU. LET ME GET THAT THERE. NO FUMBLES. SO WHEN I READ SO WHEN I READ THE STORY ON YOU AS SOMEBODY WHO HEADS UP OUR PEDIATRIC CANCER OUTREACH AND WE DO A CUT FOR DO A CUT FOR A CURE AND YEAR. I HAD A LITTLE BOY OR GIRL SHAVE ME. IN THE JUNE MEETING I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE FOR TO BE HERE FOR THAT. I AM NOT A GOOD-LOOKING I AM NOT A GOOD-LOOKING I AM NOT A GOOD-LOOKING BALD GUY. YOUR MISSION ALIGNS WITH MY PERSONAL MISSION. JENNIFER WORKS WITH THE MEDICALLY FRAGILE STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS AN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS AN EDUCATOR UNDER THE HOSPITAL HOME-BOUND PROGRAM. YOU GO INTO THE HOMES OF EACH STUDENTS EACH DAY THAT STUDENTS EACH DAY THAT CANNOT ATTEND BRICK AND MORTAR SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THEIR ILLNESSES. INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION, CAREFUL ATTRACTION AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS HELPS EACH HELPS EACH STUDENT TO RETURN TO SCHOOL PREPARED FOR SCHOOL PREPARED FOR SUCCESS. YOU ALSO SERVE SEVERAL STUDENTS AT THE DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP SITE, ONE VOICE ACADEMY, THE FIRST SCHOOL IN THE U.S. FOR CHILDREN WITH CHILDREN WITH CANCER. HERE YOU TEACH CHILDREN IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHO ARE UNDERGOING TREATMENT SUCH AS UNDERGOING TREATMENT SUCH AS CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION WHILE OFFERING A SAFE LEARNING SPACE THROUGHOUT THE RECOVERY PROCESS. YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN YOUR CALL OF DUTY BY VISITING YOUR STUDENT IS DURING STUDENT IS DURING WEEKEND AND EVENINGS TO BRING JOY AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO BOTH THEM AND THEIR AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS REMARKABLE. FOR THAT, YOU ARE OUR BUCCANEERS BEST KREWE AT THE TEACHER LEVEL BEST KREWE AT THE TEACHER LEVEL [APPLAUSE] . [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE LANG THOMPSON. COME ON UP HERE, ANGELA. UNBELIEVABLE STORY HERE TOO. UNBELIEVABLE. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, MY BACKGROUND IS FOOD AND BEVERAGE AS WELL. THAT IS HOW I THAT IS HOW I STARTED OUT. MY KIDS STILL CALL ME THE FOOD GUY. BEFORE MY CURRENT ROLE, I HEADED UP FOOD AND BEVERAGE AT THE STADIUM. WHEN HEARING YOUR STORY, I GOT ALIGNED. YOU ARE THE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICE MANAGERS AT SERVICE MANAGERS AT SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND AND REMARKABLE CAFETERIA MANAGER THAT RUNS THAT RUNS SUCCESSFULLY TWO LUNCH -- ROOMS, NOT ONE, BUT TWO, AN ACHIEVEMENT IN ITS OWN RIGHT. GIVEN THE LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL BUT BUT ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS TO SHINE DURING THE HURRICANE SHELTERS. SHIELDS SHIELDS MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS ONE COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT OPEN DURING HURRICANE MILTON. 6 A.M. ON MONDAY AND YOU DIDN'T LEAVE THE SCHOOL UNTIL 3 P.M. ON FRIDAY. AMAZING AMAZING [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] DID THIS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WAS TAKEN CARE OF, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY DURING THIS EXTREMELY SCARY AND STRESSFUL TIME. WITH NO POWER, THE STAFF AT SHIELDS HAD TO FEED 1500 EVACUEES DINNER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM AND MAKING AND PREPPING MORE THAN 1,000 DINNER BAGS AND DELIVERING THEM TO THE SECOND FLOOR FOR ALL OF THE EVACUEES. AMAZING. THOUGH SHE ALWAYS SAY IS YOU ARE JUST DOING YOUR JOB JUST DOING YOUR JOB GO THE EXTRA MILE EACH AND EVERY DAY ACCORDING TO YOUR PEER AND STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CANNOT BE MEASURED, FOR THAT, YOU ARE A BUCCANEERS CREWMEMBER BUCCANEERS CREWMEMBER [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] SHE WILL TAKE ONE INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN COME AROUND. >> A TRADITION AT >> A TRADITION AT ONE BUC ANYBODY THAT GOES ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL. ALL OF YOUR ALL OF YOUR STORIES. >> 3, 2, 1! >>SPEAKER: SAY TAMPA. >> BAY! >>SPEAKER: NOW I FEEL >>SPEAKER: NOW I FEEL AT HOME. >> READY, 3, >> READY, 3, 2, 1. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO MOVE ON TO MOVE ON TO INA.0. RECOGNITION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH FOR JANUARY 2025. MEMBER GRAY WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU, CHAIR -- MADAM CHAIR, JESSICA VAUGHN, FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME AND SPACE TO READ AND TO GIVE A RECOGNITION TO GIVE A RECOGNITION TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SITUATION AND COMMITTEE. THE RECOGNITION GOES AS FOLLOWS: HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALIGNED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACTS AND EFFECTS AS MANY AS 27.6 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED FOR LABOR AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE, FLORIDA RANKS THIRD IN THE NATION OF REPORTED CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. TAMPA, FLORIDA, IS THE THIRD HIGHEST METROPOLITAN CITY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES. THE AVERAGE AGE THE AVERAGE AGE SADLY IS -- FOR TRAFFICKED YOUTH BEGINS AT NINE AND NOW RUNS UP TO 13, THE AVERAGE YOUNG AGE. ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA ALLIANCE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SOME STATS, THE AVERAGE VICTIM OF SEX TRAFFIC SOMETHING SOLD BETWEEN SOMETHING SOLD BETWEEN 15 TO 450 TIMES PER DAY. THESE VICTIMS BECOME THESE VICTIMS BECOME SOMEWHERE BEEN VICTIMIZED WITH VIOLENCE, DISEASE, OVERDOSE AND UNTREATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS. 80% OF REPORTED CASES OF SEX TRAFFICKING INVOLVE WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRL. 88% OF REPORTED CASES INVOLVE ONLINE COMMUNICATION. THUS THE CELL PHONE. SEX TRAFFICKING MAKES UP OVER 70% OF ALL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES GLOBALLY. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SUPPORT STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN RECOGNIZING POTENTIAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND IN HELPING VICTIMS ASSESS SPECIALIZED SERVICES. THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS IN THE SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZES THE RISK FACTOR RECOGNIZES THE RISK FACTOR M:S) OF VULNERABLE YOUTH AND CHOOSE TO EDUCATE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OF THE WARNING SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND INCREASED USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A CONDUIT TO CONTACT, RECRUIT AND GAIN AND GAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR VICTIMS. LAST, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RECOGNIZES THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ALL LOCAL ENFORCEMENT LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THE LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF REGULARS, THE KNOW MORE FOUNDATION, AND OTHER AGENCIES TO TAKE AN ADVOCACY ROLE TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT ALL STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFY AND REPORT HUMAN IDENTIFY AND REPORT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE RECOGNITION WILL BE SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE THAT OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY FORM OF THIS FORM OF THIS CRIME. APPEAR BIG THANK YOU TO OUR APPEAR BIG THANK YOU TO OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE DRUCY DIAZ, BETSY BETSY MORIATY OF THE FBI, AMBER OF FIRST PRIORITY, AMY OF FIRST PRIORITY, AMY MARIE GRANGER, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PTA, JANE COUNTY PTA, JANE COUNTY PTA, JANE  POPA, KNOW MORE FOUNDATION, JANE EDWARD PAVING THE WAY AND MANY STAKEHOLDERS MADE A COMMITMENT TO SERVE ON A PANEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO MENTION THIS IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS ISSUE. PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BOARD WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS AND VALUES YOUR INPUT TO THE BOARD. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS OUR STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KEEP OUR BOARD INFORMED OF THE INFORMED OF THE RESPONSES. OUR SCHOOL BOARD RESPECTS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK TO US, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME BEING HERE. HOWEVER, IT IS REQUESTED WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD, COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY AGAINST A BOARD MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER DIRECTED AT THE ISSUE. ANY BEHAVIOR INTENDED TO DISRUPT THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING IS NOT ALLOW. OUR CIVILITY PROCESS IN PLACE. WHEN ADDRESSING THE BOARD STATE YOUR NAME AND SPEAK CLEARLY IN THE THE MICROPHONE. THIS AFTERNOON EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE HAVE THREE MINUTES. A REMINDER THAT THREE MINUTES. 30 SECONDS LEFT, A YELLOW LIGHT ON THE LECTERN. RED LIGHT AND A CHIME WILL INDICATE WHEN YOUR TIME IS OFF. I WILL CALL UP OUR FIVE I WILL CALL UP OUR FIVE SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS. >> I GAVE YOU A COPY OF THIS COURT RULING. YOU DIDN'T MAKE YOUR CIVILITY -- YOU CAN'T MAKE YOUR CIVILITY DEAL HERE. DID YOU NOT READ THIS? THE COURT SAYS YOU THE COURT SAYS YOU CAN'T DO IT. CAN YOU NOT READ? VAUGHN VAUGHN OKAY. PLEASE ADDRESS ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. >> WHAT? >>Jessica Vaughn: PLEASE GO >>Jessica Vaughn: PLEASE GO ON. >> I CAN MAKE THE COMMENT. >>Jessica Vaughn: WE UNDERSTAND YOU. >> THIS RULING SAYS I CAN. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME. >>Jessica Vaughn: PLEASE GO ON WITH ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY. >> I AM GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER >> I AM GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH MY LAWYER MEETING WITH MY LAWYER. YOU ARE PATHETIC, ABSOLUTELY YOU ARE PATHETIC, ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC. FIRES IN LOS ANGELES AREA ARE A FIRES IN LOS ANGELES AREA ARE A GRIM GRIM BLOCK THE FUTURE AS LOS ANGELES BURNED FOR DAYS ON END HORRIFYING THE NATION, SCIENTISTS MADE AN SCIENTISTS MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON FRIDAY THAT ON FRIDAY THAT COLORADO EXPLAIN THE DEADLY CONFIGURATION. 2024 IS THE HOTTEST YEAR IN RECORDED HISTORY. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING AROUND THE GLOBE AND THE OCEANS THE GLOBE AND THE OCEANS UNUSUALLY WARM SCIENTISTS ARE WARNING THAT THE WORLD HAS ENTERED A DANGEROUS NEW ERA ENTERED A DANGEROUS NEW ERA OF CHAOTIC FLOODS, STORMS AND FIRES MADE MADE WORSE BY HUMAN CAUSED MADE WORSE BY HUMAN CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE. NOW NOW THE WORD IS CORRELATION. YOUR SUPER, DUMB BUILDINGS YOUR SUPER, DUMB BUILDINGS BELCHING CARBON INTO THE ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERE MAKE THAT HAPPEN. HURRICANE MILTON IS TERRIFYING AND JUST THE START. WHAT ARE YOU SMILING ABOUT? MORE HURRICANES ARE SLAMMING THE GULF COAST. IS THIS THE NEW NORMAL? WELL, YES, IT IS. OH, YOU THINK IT IS FUNNY? >>Jessica Vaughn: GLZ ON WITH YOUR COMMENTS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE -- >> YOU DON'T TALK TO ME. I AM SPEAKING. >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ABUSIVE WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING. >> I WILL SPEAK HERE. DON'T INTERRUPT ME. >>Jessica Vaughn: PLEASE GO ON WITH YOUR WITH YOUR COMMENTS. >> DON'T INTERRUPT ME. >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU ARE -- YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME. PLEASE FINISH. >> NO, YOU ARE WASTING MY TIME. YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. HERE IS THE CIRCUIT COURT HERE IS THE CIRCUIT COURT RULING. YOU BETTER GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. >> >> MORON. >>Jessica Vaughn: SO >>Jessica Vaughn: SO THOUGHTFUL. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> GOOD >> GOOD AFTERNOON, TINA WILLIAMS BREWSTER. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. I HAVE BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE TAKING CARE OF SOME BUSINESS. TODAY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT -- YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB; HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS ON OUR RADAR THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. I'M HERE TO TALK OF THE LACK OF SUPPLIES OR OUR REST ROOMS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE LACK OF TOILET PAPER, SOAP, THINGS LIKE THAT. WHY ARE THE REST ROOMS WHY ARE THE REST ROOMS STILL BEING LOCKED BEING LOCKED DURING LUNCHES, FIFTH -- FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH PERIOD. WE NEED TO REALLY TALK WE NEED TO REALLY TALK TO OUR PRINCIPALS ABOUT PATROLLING THE REST ROOMS. IF WE KNOW ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON IN THE REST ROOMS, WE NEED TO BE IN CHARGE OF POLICING BE IN CHARGE OF POLICING OR DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THEM. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF MY DAUGHTER COMING HOME AND TELLING ME SHE CAN'T GO TO THE REST ROOM. THERE ARE NO TOILET PAPER. NO NO TISSUES. WE NOW HAVE NO SOAP. WHAT ARE WE DOING. WHAT ARE OUR TAX MONIES PAYING FOR. YOU ALL GOT YOUR BIG RAISE THAWS WANTED. SO I AM HOPING THAT YOU PUT SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO MAKING SURE OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THE BASIC SUPPLIESES THAT THEY NEED. I I RECEIVED MANY CALLS FROM PARENTS SAYING THE SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE PRINTERS. THEY ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. WE HAVE GOT TO DO BETTER. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY -- WE CAN FIX AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. I I ENCOURAGE ALL THE PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, TO REALLY LOOK AT LOOK AT AND PAY LOOK AT AND PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR SUPPLY LIST. FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. WHAT ARE THE JANITORS DOING. I, MYSELF, I GO TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, LUNCHTIME, THE END OF THE DAY, NO TOILET PAPER. NO LOTION. THERE ARE SUPPLIES. I AM PRETTY SURE WHEN I VISIT THE TEACHER'S LOUNGE. THEY HAVE THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED. IF STUDENTS ARE A PROBLEM, THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO UTILIZE OUR PARENTS. WE ALL SAY WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO BE INVOLVED, BUT TO WHAT LEVEL? YOU JUST WANT THE PARENTS TO GIVE MONEY, SECOND THEIR KIDS, AND THEN WHEN THERE IS REAL WORK TO BE DONE, PARENTS COULD VOLUNTEER TO PATROL THE REST ROOMS. I MEAN, WE ALL PASSED OUR -- OUR BACK GROUND CHECKS AND WE ARE ABLE TO BE THERE. LET'S UTILIZE THESE FUNDS AND GET OUR BATHROOMS AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> ALAN BRUCE ADMINISTER. GOOD EVENING. I FIRST WANT TO START SAYING THAT WHEN WE MOVED HERE IN 2015, WE HAD ONE CHILD AT CHAMBERLAIN. TWO AT ADAMS. AND WE HAD STARTED EXPERIENCING ISSUES AT BOTH SCHOOLS. AND WE BROUGHT THESE ISSUES UP. WE KEPT BRINGING THEM UP. AND IT WAS LIKE IT WENT IN ONE AND IT WAS LIKE IT WENT IN ONE HERE AND OUT THE OTHER HERE AND OUT THE OTHER AND THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP IS AFTER OUR KIDS WERE PLACED IN ANOTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE ANOTHER SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES, IT TOOK THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUR YEARS TO CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP AT THE LEADERSHIP AT ADAMS. WHEN WE -- WHEN WHEN WE -- WHEN A CHILD -- WHEN WE -- WHEN A CHILD -- AUTISTIC CHILD WENT TO YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE BROUGHT UP VARIOUS ISSUES. ONCE AGAIN, IT TOOK THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT THREE-PLUS YEARS TO CHANGE THE CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP. AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN AT GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE KEEP BRINGING UP AND WE KEEP BRINGING UP ISSUES ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP. HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE WITH THIS SCHOOL TO CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP? THE THE CULTURE. NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND EXPERIENCE SCHOOL AND EXPERIENCE DISCRITICISM NATION, RACISM, THE STAFF TALKING STUFF THEY SHOULDN'T BE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING IN FRONT OF STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS AND VOICING THEIR OPINION OF A PARENT NOT VOLUNTEERING BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO TALK ABOUT TALK ABOUT ISSUES. EVERY PARENT HAS A RIGHT TO COME HERE. EVERY PARENT HAS AS EVERY PARENT HAS AS RIGHT. BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT IS THE LEADERSHIP. I GOT MY DOCUMENTATION I GOT MY DOCUMENTATION. I AM NOT HERE IS TO BLOW ANY SMOKE UP ANYBODY'S CHIMNEY IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP AT GAITHER. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. NEXT NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. >> HEY THERE, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU ALL. WHAT WHAT AMERICA IS WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT. GREAT TO BE A CITIZEN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I AM MEATE I AM MEATE LEWIS. ON NONPROFIT BOARDS FOR CORPORATIONS AND EVEN ON CORPORATIONS AND EVEN ON IT FOR THE CITY OF TEMPLE TERRACE. LAST YEAR I LAST YEAR I RETURNED FROM THE WAR-TORN REGION OF UKRAINE AND VIOLENCE HITS THE CORE DEEPLY. TOOK A MOMENT OF SIRENS AND THIS AFTERNOON TO HONOR THOSE THAT WERE VICTIMS OF SUCH VIOLENCE IN NEW ORLEANS. TODAY, I AM SPEAKING AS A CONCERNED GUARDIAN OF AN INCREDIBLE, BRILLIANT 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT MY WIFE AND I WERE BLESSED TO HAVE JOIN OUR LITTLE FAMILY NEXT NOVEMBER. DUE TO HER BEING TESTED INTO THE 11th GRADE IMPRESSIVE FEAT INTO HER AGE, SHE WAS ADMITTED INTO KING HIGH SCHOOL. LAST WEEK MADE MY WIFE AND I AWARE THAT KING HIGH SCHOOL CANCELLED ALL OF THE THE REMAINING PEP RALLIES. I WILL GIVE YOU THE REASONING IN A MOMENT. THAT IS MY HOOK FOR THE SPEECH. NOW LET ME GET -- LET ME TALK OF THE GARRETT THE GARRETT PD THE GARRETT PD 655001 WALK-THROUGH METAL DETECTOR. INTEGRATED PACK-UP BATTERY SYSTEM, LOCATION LIGHTS AND OPTIONAL ADA COMPLIANT ACCESSIBILITY. FOR FOR $5136, THIS UNIT CAN BE YOURS. ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER, FACILITY SUCH AS KING HIGH SCHOOL WOULD REQUIRE FIVE OF THESE UNITS IN THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE AT A COST OF ENTRANCE AT A COST OF $25,680. KING HIGH SCHOOL HAS APPROXIMATELY 1300 STUDENTS AND IT IS IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS BOARD THAT HANDLES BUDGET AND KING HIGH SCHOOL ESTIMATE ELSA'S LIFE, MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE, AND EVERY STUDENT'S LIFE TO BE VALUED AT LIST THAN $19.75. THAT IS TO IMPLEMENT THIS BASIC SECURITY SECURITY MEASURE. NOW WHY DID KING HIGH SCHOOL BAN THEIR PEP RALLIES? TOO MANY GUNS, NICE AND FIGHTS WERE WERE -- KNIVES AND WERE -- KNIVES AND FIGHTS. AND A AND A CULTURAL ISSUE THAT WE CAN NOT STOP THROUGH SIMPLE SLAPS ON THE WRIST, NO PEP RALLY, THE WRIST, NO PEP RALLY, PUNISHING THE MASSES FOR THE PROBLEMS OF A FEW. THAT IS MY TIME. THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: NO, YOU HAVE 24 SECONDS. >> 30 SECONDS. I WILL GO THROUGH THE RUSH I WILL GO THROUGH THE RUSH BIT OF THIS. YET THIS ISSUE STILL REMAINS. HUMAN LIFE IS VALUABLE. WHEN WILL THIS DISTRICT AND KING DISTRICT VALUE HUMAN LIFE MORE THAN $19? WE TO END THIS MEETING, AGAIN, TO MOURN THE VICTIMS OF NEW ORLEANS VIOLENCE. AND NOT JUST A PROBLEM WITH THESE STUDENTS, PEOPLE CAN COME IN FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THESE WEAPONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: I HAD INTO NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. A MOTION BY MEMBER PEREZ AND IS SECOND BY MEMBER GRAY. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. I WILL NOW CALL ON SUPERINTENDENTAYRES TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. TWO TWO ADMINISTRATIVE -- TWO PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT THIS AFTERNOON. START WITH A NEW PRINCIPAL OF WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. THAT IS SARAH CALDWELL. SARAH, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAND. COME ON DOWN, COME ON DOWN, PLEASE. [ APPLAUSE ] JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- ABOUT SARAH. MISS CALDWELL PETITION BEGAN HER CAREER IN HCPS IN 2010 AS A HEAD START TEACHER. 2011, TRANSITIONED TO A PEER 2011, TRANSITIONED TO A PEER EVALUATOR IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, RESOURCE AND TEACHER TALENT IN 2018. 2018, APPOINTED AS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT WALKER AND 2023, SERVED AT HILL MIDDLE BEFORE HER APPOINTMENT TODAY AS PRINCIPAL -- THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF WALKER MIDDLE. CONGRATULATIONS, SARAH. FAMILY AND FRIENDS, IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP AS WELL TO STAND UP AS WELL [APPLAUSE] SARAH, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER PRINCIPAL AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT MICHELLE PEREZ. MICHELLE IS NOT MICHELLE IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING. BUT MICHELLE IS THE NEW BUT MICHELLE IS THE NEW PRINCIPAL AT MORGAN WOODS ELEMENTARY. [ APPLAUSE ] >>Jessica Vaughn: CON CHANNELLATIONS, PRINCIPALS. WE WILL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXCESS THE BOARD ROOM. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN C 2.4, C 2.4, C 5.2 AND 2.4, C 5.2 AND 7.04. 2.0 CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR NEW SPRING SCHOOLS. NEW SPRING SCHOOL HAVE MET THE CONTRACT AND REQUESTED A CONTRACT AND REQUESTED A TEN-YEAR RENEWAL TERM. SCHOOL OPENED UP NO 2010 AND FOCUS ON STEM AND SERVES 426 FOCUS ON STEM AND SERVES 426 STUDENTS IN GRADES K 8. PRESENT CONTRACT JUNE 30, 2025. AND THE SCHOOL EARNED A GRADE OF C IN THE '23-'24 SCHOOL YEAR. MADAM CHAIR, THE HIGHLIGHT OF 2.04. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU. MEMBER GRAY PULLED THIS ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY QUESTION IS -- AND MY QUESTION IS -- AND FIRST, IT IS A VERY IS A VERY CLOSE IS A VERY CLOSE ONE.AWAY FROM A B. >> THAT'S >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>Lynn Gray: 90% FREE LUNCH. >> 100%. >>Lynn Gray: MY ONLY QUESTION IS AS WE SHOULD IN EVERY SCHOOL. WE WANT THEM TO BE AN A OR B. WHAT ARE THEY DOING DIFFERENTLY. THE STEM IS GREAT. WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO BRING THE GRADE FROM A C TO A GRADE FROM A C TO A B. >> GREAT QUESTION. >>Jessica Vaughn: CAN I PAUSE FOR A MOMENT. I ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS. MY FAULT. A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? I HAVE A MOTION BY I HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HAHN AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COMBS. YOU CAN CONTINUE, MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: I THINK THE TOGETHERER IS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION? >> ABSOLUTELY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, SOME SUSPENSIONS THAT THEY WANT TO REDUCE REDUCE. OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. PARTICULARLY ANY NORTH. THEY ARE FOCUSSING ON THAT THIS YEAR. THE PBIS PROGRAM. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE -- ALL THE STUDENTS AT RISK FOR OSS. AND PRIORITIZED AND STRATEGICALLY ASSIGN TO STAFF MEMBERS AND CREATED A MEMBERS AND CREATED A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT IS PROGRAM THAT IS FUNCTIONING VERY, VERY WELL RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE STAFF INCLUDED IN THIS EFFORT. SO THAT IS THE FOCUS THIS YEAR SO THAT IS THE FOCUS THIS YEAR. >>Lynn Gray: SO IMPORTANT. YOU TALK OF THE PBIS. I HOPE THEY COME TO US FOR SUGGESTIONS. WE ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW? >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE OPEN TO ALL OF OUR TRAININGS. SO THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THAT, YES. >>Lynn Gray: VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. MEMBER RENDON? >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO BE PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I IN VISITING NEW SPRINGS IS THE CULTURAL AWARENESS. TWICE A YEAR THEY RUN COMPLETE CULTURAL AFFAIRS. AND SHARE THE AND SHARE THE CULTURE AND SHARE THE CULTURE OF THE COMMUNITY. SHARE THE CULTURE AND BRINGS THE SENSE OF SENSE OF THE SENSE OF THE SCHOOL. THEY ALSO ENJOY THEIR SCIENCE FAIR AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO EXPAND ON THAT THROUGH ALL THE GRADE GRADE LEVELS. YOU CAN SEE THE YOU CAN SEE THE GRADE LEVEL. AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE IF THEY ARE FORECAST AND GROWING. TAKES TIME AND A LONG RECOVERY FROM COVID, BUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR BRINGING THEIR FAMILY INTO THE SCHOOL AND HAVING MUCH MORE OF AN INTERACTION WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND DOING MANY THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR TO BRING THEIR FAMILY INTO THE SCHOOL AND PROVIDE THEM SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE IS EXCELLENT. AS WELL AS BUILDING ON THEIR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IS GREAT. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL. THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. IS THIS YOUR LAST MEETING AT THIS POINT? >> ACTUALLY I AM -- I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANGELA. OH, THERE SHE IS. ANGELA -- WE ARE CO-DIRECTORS RIGHT NOW. AND THE NEXT ONE ON THE 28 AND THE NEXT ONE ON THE 28th, ANOTHER CONTRACT RENEWAL. SHE WILL SIT ON THE HOT SHE WILL SIT ON THE HOT SEAT AND I WILL BE BEHIND I WILL BE BEHIND THE SCENES IF SHE NEEDS SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND SHE IS READY TO TAKE THE TAKE THE REINS ON. SO AFTER SO AFTER THE SO AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY, THAT WILL BE MY LAST ONE. >>Jessica Vaughn: YOU HAVE A LOT OF BIG SHOES TO FILL. QUESTIONS EVERY TIME THERE IS AN EDGE ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING NO SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. HERE I GO. >> AND THE >> AND THE ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY UNANIMOUSLY WITH WASHINGTON BEING AWAY. >>> THE NEXT ITEM IS 7.0 >>> THE NEXT ITEM IS 7.0. 5.02, SUPPLEMENTAL PURCHASE. SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL SUPERINTENDENT AYRES WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ITEMS SUPSZ SOULARD. >>Superintendent Ayres: NILLIXL COVERS ENGLISH, MATH, LANGUAGE ARTS, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES AND INDIVIDUAL GUIDELINES AND REALTIME ANALYTICS FOR TEACHERS TO DELINEATE INSTRUCTION. AND SATURDAY LUNCH AND LEARN TUTORIALS AND ELP. THIS ITEM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL 3R67S FROM SCHOOLS AND REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL. AS YOU LOOK AT THIS AGENDA ITEM, INDIVIDUAL PURCHASES THAT SCHOOLS ARE MAKING TO HELP SUPPLEMENT AT EACH SCHOOL. MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS 502 VAULZ VAULZ A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CH FOR CH 5.02. MEMBER GRAY AND I BOTH PULLED THIS ITEM. MEMBER GRAY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >>Lynn Gray: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO AS YOU POINTED IT SO AS YOU POINTED IT OUT, SUPERINTENDENT VAN AYRES, WE HAVE LARGELY USED THE TITLE I FUNDS. THE PTA WAS GENEROUS AS WELL. ONE OF THE SCHOOLS. I DON'T HAVE A FAMILIARITY WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, BUT I THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE DATA TO HAVE DATA TO SECURE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS IMPROVING THEIR SKILL SET. DO WE HAVE ACCESS. AND PERHAPS MISS BROWN, WOULD YOU -- WOULD YOU PERHAPS ENLIGHTEN ENLIGHTEN US. DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO DATA THAT SHOWS. HERE WE GO. MISS FAUCET. SORRY. >> THANK YOU. THIS ITEM WAS PART OF THE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION IN 2022. SO IT IS PART OF A FIVE-YEAR PLAN. IT WORKS TO SUPPORT OUR IT WORKS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS, PRIMARILY A SKILL PROGRAM. WE BUY IT AS A DISTRICT FOR ALL OF OUR LEVEL ONE STUDENTS. AND THEN SCHOOLS HAVE THAT DEFINED AUTONOMY AT THEIR LEVEL WITH OTHER BUDGETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY ANY SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THAT THEY THINK THEIR STUDENTS MIGHT NEED. WE ARE ONGOING WITH THAT DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE PURCHASING ARE WORKING. BUT WE WILL HAVE THE EVALUATION OF THE DATA PRIMARILY AT THE END OF THE ADOPTION WHICH IS -- 25. TWO MORE YEARS. >>Lynn Gray: I AM JUST KIND OF BEING PICKY HERE. I WANTED TO SHARE. IN THE SPIRIT OF UNIFORMITY, IN THE SPIRIT OF UNIFORMITY, WE STALK OF STALK OF PBIS, DR. GRAVES AND MISS BROWN. WHEN WE TALK OF THE WHEN WE TALK OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT BEING UNIFORM. I OFTEN WONDER -- INDIVIDUAL TEACHER WHO WONDER AND SHEA McCREA, YOU McCREA, YOU REMEMBER THAT AND TA-DA-DA. IF WE WERE TO GET IF WE WERE TO GET UNIFORMITY IN OUR LANGUAGE, SO TO SPEAK, THE ACRONYMS ALREADY THIS BE HELPFUL? OR -- I MEAN, WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS -- WE HAVE THE SILENCE OF -- OF OF -- OF READING. THE LITERACY WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A HUGE SUCCESS. WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? >> THIS IS MEANT TO BE AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM. SO WHEN STUDENTS ARE ON THE PROGRAM, THERE ARE IDENTIFIED SKILL GAPS. SO IT IS REALLY LOOKING AT PLUGGING THOSE HOLES TO SUPPORT THAT INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT THAT LEARNING AS THEY REACH THAT LEVEL 3 PROFICIENCY LEVEL FOR US. >> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND SAY TO OUR TEACHERS, GOOD IDEA TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING SKILLS. I THINK THERE WAS, WHAT, 3500 DIFFERENT SKILLS HERE. YEAH, 500 DIFFERENT SKILLS. SO THAT -- THAT -- YOU KNOW, FORMIDABLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE REMARKS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER GRAY. SO SO I HAVE HAD THE -- I HAD THE HONOR OF TALKING TO SOME OF MY PRINCIPALS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW MUCH IMPACT THEY SPECIFICALLY THINK THAT THIS HAS. AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROGRAM IS FOR THEM. SO I WAS KIND TO SEE THAT ESPECIALLY FOR SCHOOLSES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TITLE ONE THAT FALL IN THE MARGINS THAT FALL IN THE MARGINS OF MAYBE NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE IS A PTA TO PURCHASE THIS AND DON'T HAVE TITLE Is. WE ALLOW THEM TO USE THEIR ELP FUNDING FOR THAT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE THEM THE FLEXIBILITIES TO STILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT. BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK OF THINGS THAT HAVE IMPACT ON STUDENTS I HAVEN'T HAD SO MUCH IMPACT ON PRINCIPALS WITH REGARDS TO MATH OF HOW MUCH THIS PROGRAM HAS REALLY HELPED. I AM GLAD WE ARE ABLE TO GET THIS FOR NEXT YEAR -- I MEAN FOR THIS YEAR. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM WITH AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THEIR FUNDS TO GET THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE ARE HAVING THE DIRECT IMPACT FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT NEXT YEAR. FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS FOR SOME OF THE SCHOOLS KIND OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD COMPLETE IT THIS YEAR BUT VERY IMPORTANT FOR IT TO HAVE IT GOING FORWARD. IF WE HAVE DATA, THAT IS GREAT. WE ALL LOVE DATA. AGAIN I HAVEN'T HAD SO MANY PRINCIPALS TALK OF A SPECIFIC MATH PROGRAM IN A VERY LONG TIME. I AM GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO BE CREATIVE AND MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS REGARDLESS WHAT ACCESS -- ACCESS -- WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FINANCIALLY WERE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHTS APPEAR. MEMBER GRAY. THE MOTION PASSES THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SUPERINTENDENT SLUPT HIGHLIGHT THIS ITEM THIS ITEM TO THIS ITEM TO BE USED IN VARIOUS THIS ITEM TO BE USED IN VARIOUS CAFETERIAS. AND IMPLEMENTED DURING PREVIOUS YEARS AND ITEM 7:04 YEARS AND ITEM 7:04. >> THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE C APPROVE C 704. A A MOTION BY A MOTION BY RENDON AND A SECOND BY MEMBER DEEMS. I PULLED THIS ITEM. MY QUESTIONS AN COMMENTS. TIMING I SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO CAFETERIA WORKERS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS HARDWARE AND UPDATED SOFTWARE AND MAKING SURE WHEN THEY ARE CHECKING STUDENTS OUT AND GOING THROUGH THE LUNCH PROGRAM, THEY WILL HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE TECHNOLOGY. A DIRECT FIX FOR THAT AND IMPROVE THAT PROCESS? >> TWO THINGS BUT, YES, IT WILL HELP SOME OF THE SCHOOLS. PART OF IT WHEN YOU HAVE TWO NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, THE ERP AND THE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED OUR STUDENT LUNCHES AS WELL. OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. NOT FUND. THANK GOODNESS OUR CEP HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. THERE ARE FUNDS FOR STUDENTS NUTRITION. AND THIS YEAR PROBLEMS WERE SOFTWARE RELATED AND NOT NEEDING NEW SOFTWARE AND NOT HAVING WHAT THEY NEEDED FROM THE SUPPLIES AND MANY THINGS WE HASHED IT IN A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOCUS AND OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND HELPING THAT OUT. AS FAR AS HARD WARES GO, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED. AND 40 AND 40 LAPTOPS THAT GO DIRECTLY TO THE MANAGERS OF THE SCHOOLS THAT NEED THEM. >>Jessica Vaughn: I APPRECIATE THAT. MEMBER MEMBER RENDON. >>Patti Rendon: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND I SEE IN MY NEXT FEW AGENDA ITEMS MY NEXT FEW AGENDA ITEMS DESIGNATING THE REVENUE SOURCE, REMEMBER SAYING FEDERAL AND STATE AND NOT SPECIFIC WITH THE KIND OF MONEY KIND OF MONEY OF COMING FRIDAY WANT MORE DETAIL WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM? >> FOR CAPITAL DOLLARS THAT IS FEDERAL AND STATE. WE CAN SPELL IT OUT WE CAN SPELL IT OUT DIFFERENTLY. BUT STUDENT NUTRITION MONEY THAT ONLY FEDERAL MONEY CAN BE ONLY FEDERAL MONEY CAN BE USED ON THE PROGRAM. >>Patti Rendon: THAT WILL BE GREAT. IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT INSTEAD OF FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS, MORE OF A LINE ITEM WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM. >> THE MONEY WILL DICTATE WHERE THAT IS AND CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC WHAT THAT NUMBER IS BEHIND IT. THAT STRING TO MAKE SURE WE TELL THEM WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER RENDON. NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHT VOTE WHEN YOUR LIGHT APPEARS. ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES ALL RIGHT, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS. AND TAKE IT AWAY, MR. SUPERINTENDENT. >>Superintendent Ayres: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OUR SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES FOR THIS EVENING AS WE COME TO THE BREAK. TIME LINE THERE IS AND OUR FIRST TIME. WE CLOSE OUT. THE LAST DAY OF THE FIRST IS HE MESSIER IS THURSDAY. WITH THE DAYS OFF WE MISSED FROM THE HURRICANE AND THOSE 11 DAYS THAT WE MISSED. WE CLOSE OUT FIRST WE CLOSE OUT FIRST SEMESTER ON THURSDAY AND THE SECOND DAY OF THE IS HE MESSER IS THIS FRIDAY THE 17th. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET POWER POINT UP. IF NOT, I WILL KEEP GOING. SO I DO WANT SO I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT JANUARY IS NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH. THE MONTH OF JANUARY IS IN NATION ALMOND FORKING MONTH. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNTLESS SUPPORTS OF SUPPORTS OF MENTORS AND PARTNERS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY. THERE YOU GO. I THINK EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT NEWS REGARDING OUR DISTRICT'S GRADUATION RATES. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THAT, BECAUSE IT GOES TO ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ORGANIZATION DOES. IN THE END, WE HAVE MANY METRICS. I MENTIONED MANY TIMES. MANY METRICS WITH THIRD GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, ATELE GRADE, MANY METRICS OF WHERE WE LOOK AT WHERE WE WHERE WE LIE. THE ULTIMATE END GOAL IS GRADUATING STUDENTS PREPARED FOR LIFE. WE HAVE A VERY -- PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE, 88% GRADUATION RATE WHICH IS A 1.8% INCREASE, BRINGING US TO THAT 88% NUMBER. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, EXCEPT FOR THE TWO YEARS WHEN GRADUATION BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS WERE WAIVED AND DUE TO COVID NO BENCHMARK REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADUATION RATE OUR DISTRICT HAS EVER ACHIEVED. THIS MILESTONE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF OUR EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND STAFF AND THE STEADFAST SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD. IN A YEAR WHEN THE GRADUATION BENCHMARKS -- THIS IS WHAT. >> IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, AS WELL, FOR THE PUBLIC. WHEN THE GRADUATION BENCHMARKS WERE MORE RIGOROUS THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS RESPONDED. THIS WAS YEAR THE STATE INCREASED THE TESTING BENCHMARKS MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT TO MEET THE GRADUATION THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. REQUIRED CON CORE DANCE FROM REQUIRED CON CORE DANCE FROM 430 TO 480 AFTER YEARS OF POSTPONING THE CHANGE DUE TO COVID AND ON A PARTICULAR PARTICULAR NOTE, WE ARE PROUD TO HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT GAINS AMONG STUDENT KEY GROUPS AS WELL. BUT I JUST WANTED TO -- YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOKED AT GET TO THIS 88%, THINGS THAT ALONG THE WAY THAT -- THIS IS ABOUT EVERYBODY AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME BEFORE THIS BOARD THAT WERE APPROVED APPROVED THAT ALLOWED US TO REACH THE NEXT MARK. SOME OF THE ITEMS INCLUDE SHOPTALK, PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH CURRICULUM ON SAT AND ACT PREPARATION. FAV. TUTORING TO OUR MOST AT-RISK READING STUDENTS. THESE ARE THESE ARE ITEMS THAT OUR THIS BOARD APPROVED BOARD APPROVED EDGUNUITY FOR THOSE BEHIND ON CLASSES TO GET BACK ON TRACK. PENDA FOR BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CLASSROOM. PURCHASING THE SAT, PURCHASING THE SAT, ACT AND MOST RECENTLY CLT, THAT THE BOARD PROVIDED FOR BENCHMARKS AND POST SECONDARY COALS. ANNUAL AGREEMENT AND LEARNING PROGRAM THAT GIVE STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN ACADEMIC COURSES AS THEY COURSES AS THEY PROGRESSED IN ACADEMIC BENCHMARKS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS JUNIOR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT WHICH PROVIDES INNOVATIVE AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. REFLECT OUR SHARE OF COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS WE LONG THAT THAT 88%. 2015, WE SET THAT GOAL. AS WE LOOK, THE NEXT GOAL TO REACH THAT OVERALL DISTRICT GRADUATION OF 90%. WE ARE HEADED ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE YEARS TO COME TO ULTIMATELY ACHIEVING THAT GOAL FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. A PROUD DAY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WHEN THOSE RESULTS CAME OUT. BECAUSE GOES TO SHOW ALL THE HARD WORK. A LOT OF TIME YOU WORK HARD AND NICE TO SEE THE RESULTS ACHIEVED FROM ALL THE HARD WORK HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REACH THAT NUMBER. SO CUE DOES TO REACH ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES. THIS BOARD. EVERYONE IN THIS ORGANIZATION FOR THAT FOR THAT 1.8% INCREASE AND GET 88. AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT YEARS TO COME, WE REACH THAT GOAL OF 90%. AND AND ROTC, CONGRATULATIONS TO STEINBRENNER HIGH SCHOOL. SENIOR JASON SENIOR JASON COTURE FOR THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING TRAINING CORPS TRAINING CORPS MARINE OPTION SCHOLARSHIP AT $ SCHOLARSHIP AT $ 81,000. SUPPORT JASON AS HE SUPPORT JASON AS HE SUPPORTS A POST EDUCATION AND PREPARES TO EARN A COMMISSION IN THE U.S. MARINE MARINE CORPS. THE TOP-RANKED APPLICANT AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT THAT EARNED HIM EARNED HIM A PRESTIGIOUS OPPORTUNITY. TO ATTEND VIRGINIA TECH OR THE TO ATTEND VIRGINIA TECH OR THE CITADEL. AND UPON GRADUATION, AND UPON GRADUATION, JASON ASPIRES IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER OF BAG THIRD-GENERATION MARINE. VERY KOOL COOL. WITH THE SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, REMINDERS THAT WE ARE GEARING UP ONCE AGAIN FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL RACE. HARD TO BELIEVE YEAR FOUR OF THE ANNUAL RACE OF EDUCATION. 5K AND THE ONE-MILE 5K AND THE ONE-MILE RUN-WALK ON SATURDAY JUNE 12. TO COME TOGETHER AND GET ACTIVE AND CELEBRATE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE HAD OUR PRINCIPAL MEETING. WE ARE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY -- I SPOKE TO OUR PRINCIPALS LAST WEDNESDAY JUST TO GET SOME TEAMS TOGETHER. I WANTED TO LET OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW, THIS -- THIS IS ABOUT THE -- OUR ENTIRE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMING TOGETHER ON A MORNING RUN-WALK AS WE SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. AND COMING UP, AND COMING UP, ALWAYS ONE OF OUR -- ONE OF THE GREAT NIGHTS OF THE YEAR IS OUR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD. I KNOW BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ALWAYS LOOK FOR A FORWARD TO THIS. TOP THIS GREAT EVENT AT THE ASTRAZENECA CENTER. ALREADY COMING UP. HARD TO BELIEVE -- I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AT THE THE STRAZ CENTER. NEXT THURSDAY, JANUARY 123. I I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHO OUR FINALISTS ARE. AS WE LEAD UP TO THE 23rd, HERE IS OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST AND START WITH THEM AND CELEBRATE ONE MORE TIME BEFORE THAT NIGHT. HENRY BRYSON HENRY BRYSON AT HENRY BRYSON AT LETO. ROXANNE ROXANNE CORELL. ADAM ADAM WILINSKY. BRANDIE PALMER AT SPRING HEAD. AND AND MONTINE AND MONTINE PERGOLA, FIVE FINALISTS FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE OUR BIG WINNER ON THE 23rd. OUR IDA S. BAKER EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR YEAR FINAL IRS. AND AND SPANISH TEACHER AT GAITHER HIGH AND HIGH AND CITRON HIGH AND CITRON MORERO, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT SMITH MIDDLE. OUR FINALIST AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL -- OUR INSTRUCTIONAL -- OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. BONNIE WALTERS, BONNIE WALTERS, SECRETARY OF TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY. NOR NOR MA BURGESS GARCIA, BILINGUAL AT AT MORT ANNIVERSARY. AND HOLLY AND HOLLY MULHOLLAND AND SUSAN AND HOLLY MULHOLLAND AND SUSAN BLACKMAIL. FIVE FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, FOUR FOR IDA S. AND FOUR FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT. A GREAT NIGHT AS WE HEAR WHO THE WINNER IS IN EACH OF OUR CATEGORIES. JANUARY 23 AT THE JANUARY 23 AT THE STRAZ OUR EIE AWARD. ALSO THIS JUST HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. WE GOT THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED SINCE 2018 WITH TIFFANY OLIVER FROM ROBINSON. OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE HERE REMEMBER REMEMBER I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUNE AND JUNE MORANO, TEACHER AT STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL FOR BEING AWARDED THE BEING AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. ESTABLISHED IN 1983, THIS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE HIGHEST THAT K-12 MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS CAN RECEIVE FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. A RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROCESS TO DEMONSTRATE DEEP CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO ADAPT TO A BROAD RANGE OF LEARNERS AND TEACHING ENVIRONMENTS. THE VITAL ROLE TO SHAPE THE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNICAL LEADERS. IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT UNITS ONE OF 336 TEACHERS AND MENTORS TO BE BE RECIPIENTING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL EXCELLENCE. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOU FOR ACHIEVING THIS LONGER. CONGRATULATIONS. WE WILL WHY YUNE HERE AND BE ABLE TO CONGRATULATE HER IN PERSON. BUT WE GOT NOTIFIED OF THIS JUST YESTERDAY EVENING. AND FINALLY, I DID WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODHUS WE HAVE OUR NEW CHIEF INTRODHUS WE HAVE OUR NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. JAMIE LEWIS. JAMIE IS A ACCOMPLISHED VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AT PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AT FLORIDA COLLEGE AND ADRIVING FLORIDA COLLEGE AND ADRIVING AT I ALIGNMENT OF LEADERSHIP WITHIN OUR HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR. HE IS COMMITTED TO COMPREHENSIVE RISK MANAGEMENT AND EXCELLING AT THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ACROSS DEVELOPMENTAL ADMINISTRATION. STRONG STRATEGIC PLANNING, EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT STILL DOES DELIVER IMPACTFUL LEADERSHIP IN FINANCE. HOLDS A HOLDS A BACHELOR OF ARTS. AND A MASTER OF AND A MASTER OF MBNA FROM ST. LEO. I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND WELCOME JAMIE AS HE WILL OFFICIALLY START WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON TUESDAY JANUARY 21 AS OUR NEW JANUARY 21 AS OUR NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO JAMIE. MADAM CHAIR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. AS A REMINDER YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH TO MINUTES EACH TO SPEAK WITH 30 SECONDS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS. START WITH MEMBER GRAY. >>Lynn Gray: OKAY. HERE WE GO. INDEED, MY HEARTS AND PRAYERS AND ALL YOU HAVE GUS AND ALL YOU HAVE GUS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE NEW ORLEANS VICTIMS OF THE NEW ORLEANS FOLKS THAT WERE THAT WERE A HORRIBLE SITUATION IN THAT INCIDENT IN THAT INCIDENT AND THE CALIFORNIA FIRES CALIFORNIA FIRES MANY VICTIMS. AND MENTION THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING RECOGNITION EARLIER AND WE ARE HAVING THE NEXT MEETING AND PARENT AWARE MEETING AND PARENT AWARENESS MEETINGS. AND FROM 6 TO 7. AND PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME A LITTLE EARLIER. AND HAVE THE FBI AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PAVING THE OFFICE PAVING THE WAY. AND OTHER AGENCIES REPRESENTED THERE AND GOOD PLACE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND STRATEGIES TO PREVENT THE ACCESS AND THE GROOMING THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE CELL PHONES THE CELL PHONES AND YOUNG ADULTS ALSO. I WILL SAY THAT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. THE OTHER -- I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAGNIFY MR. VAN AYRES AND MAGNIFY MR. VAN AYRES WHAT YOU ARE SAYING OF THE 88th PERCENTILE. WE ARE WE ARE REMINDED IN WE ARE REMINDED IN 2016-2017. 76%. BRING US UP TO BRING US UP TO 88, THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. BRINGS A LOT OF WORK AND AGREE AMOUNT OF DEDICATION. SHOUT OUT TO OUR -- TO OUR WONDERFUL WONDERFUL ADMINISTRATORS, HARDWORKING STAFF. ESE POPULATION AND THEIR STAFF ARE TEACHERS. AND THE CUSTODIANS AND BUS DRIVERS ALL WORK TOGETHER. AND THEY WORK HARD. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE ELL STUDENTS, ACTUALLY THE RATE INCREASED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MENTIONED THAT OR NOT TO 3.1% THAT OR NOT TO 3.1%. THAT IS A HARD NUT TO CRACK. HISPANIC HISPANIC 2.2%. AND THE BLACK STUDENTS, GRADUATION INCREASED BY GRADUATION INCREASED BY 1.8%. YOU KNOW, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GOOD NEWS. AND WE HAVE REFOOD. I STLER FOR ALL OF YOU INTO WRESTLING. I THINK MEMBER COMBS, YOU ARE. A HEARTFELT MAN A HEARTFELT MAN WHOSE SKILL SET IN LEADERSHIP IS UNMATCHED IN MANY WAYS. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT MR. HART SHARED ON AN E-MAIL. I WANT TO SHARE IT WITH OUR LEADERS AND OUR AUDIENCE OUT THERE AND FUTURE LEADERS IN EDUCATION. HERE ARE HIS -- HERE ARE HIS THOUGHTS. HE SAYS, I LEAVE HE SAYS, I LEAVE YOU HE SAYS, I LEAVE YOU WITH THESE THOUGHTS TO PONDER. BE BOLD YOU ARE IN WHY DECISION MAKING, BUT MAKE A DECISION. ALWAYS KEEP THE KID FIRST. ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A VOICE. HONOR THE HONOR THE PROFESSION. TREAT EVERYBODY AND EVERYONE WITH THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY THEY HAVE EARNED. EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T EARNED IT, EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T EARNED IT, BE HONEST AND DIRECT SINCE NO ONE CAN READ ANOTHER'S MIND. MAKE INTEGRITY THE LINCHPIN OF YOUR EFFORTS. AND FINALLY, PLEASE MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, NO ONE ELSE WILL. MR. KEN HART, WE WILL ALL MISS YOU AND CERTAINLY YOUR SKILLSET. SO THANK YOU FOR SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND A REAL QUICK WONDERFUL GALA AT BEAVIS. THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 25th ANNIVERSARY. I DON'T GUESS YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT -- AT ANY RATE, JUST KNOW THAT -- THAT WE HAVE FORMER PRINCIPALS THERE -- FOUR OF THEM. DR. DR. CARBREL FROM DR. CARBREL FROM 2004. MISS SIMONSON FROM 2004 TO MISS SIMONSON FROM 2004 TO 2013. WHICH ARE COCHRAN FROM 2014-2018. MISS BECKY REID FROM 2018-PRESENT. ALL THIS TO SAY, WHAT A HISTORY, A REMARKABLE MEMORIAL FOR COLLEEN LUNSFORD COLLEEN LUNSFORD COLLEEN LUNSFORD  BEAVIS. THE SCHOOL IS TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL. RATED THE TOP SCHOOL IN THE NATION FOR ELEMENTARY AND ON AND ON IT GOES. JUST AS A NOTE, MY JUST AS A NOTE, MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE IN THE CHORUS. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HEAR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HEAR IT. MY TIME IS MY TIME IS ALMOST UP. OTHER THAN THAT, BOARD MEMBERS, OTHER THAN THAT, BOARD MEMBERS, CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING THE MASTER BOARD, THE SECOND AND THIRD MASTER BOARD AND A GREAT WAY WAY TO TOMORROW TOGETHER WAY TO TOMORROW TOGETHER WAKING TOGETHER. AND BRING OUR FOCUS TO THE AND BRING OUR FOCUS TO THE WELL BEING OF OUR CHILDREN BEING OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR KIDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MEMBER GREAT. MEMBER MEMBER COMBS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBER VAUGHN. THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT KEN HART. I PRINTED OUT HIS E-MAIL WHEN I RECEIVED IT AS WELL AND I RECEIVED IT AS WELL AND I KEPT IT AT HOME BECAUSE IT WAS SO IT AT HOME BECAUSE IT WAS SO POWERFUL. ONE OF THE BIGGS THINGS ONE OF THE BIGGS THINGS BUG DRIVERS AND DRIVERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS DRIVERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS AND SO MANY PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY. GREAT SHOUT OUT FOR THE GRADUATION RATES. AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP PUSHING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS AREN'T GETTING CERTIFICATE GETTING CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATIONS. THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET A GRADUATION DIPLOMA AND CONTINUE TO WORK HARD SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE. AND I THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE KEEP BEING CHALLENGED AT EVEN AT EGYPT LAKE, THERE WERE FOUR VACANCIES AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING AT THAT. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT DAY THAT LAST NIGHT ON NATIONAL DATA AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE LOWEST. AS FAR AS THE HIGHEST VACANCIES ACROSS THE NATION. GEORGIA AND ALABAMA AND FLORIDA HAS ONE OF THE LIEST VACANCIES IN THE NATION. AND ALSO HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST -- AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS AND PEOPLE WHO OF TEACHERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO THE CLENCH EDUCATION AND GOING INTO EDUCATION. SO WE ARE STILL AT A VERY, VERY HARD TIME. I KEEP HEARING ABOUT US BEING LIKE A NATIONAL SYMBOL FOR THE NATION IN FLORIDA. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER ALONG WITH THAT IS HIGH VACANCIES. THAT WILL IMPACT US. AND ALSO THE LOW PAYMENT OF TEACHERS. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS. NOT JUST THAT. TEACHERS ARE LEAVING. ALSO THE CLIMATE. WHAT WE ARE REQUIRING THEM. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR THEM TO DO. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE SALARIES. WE NEED TO KEEP GOING AND TO KEEP WORKING TOWARD THAT. THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE EYE ON THE BALL AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. A BIG SHOUTOUT TO THE PARENT COMMUNITY CENTER. MARCOS AND OWEN YOUNG AND CHRISTINA FERNANDEZ. IN DECEMBER, THE IN DECEMBER, THE HOLIDAYS, OVER 124 VISITS AND 76 WERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY APPLICATIONS. THAT IS REALLY WORKING. NO ADDITIONAL FEES COMING FROM THE GENERAL -- JUST LIKE HERE, THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND AND. FROM 12 PARENTS GOING TO THE ADULT ED PROGRAM AND WORKING IN THE AREA. I FEEL IT BEING EFFECTIVE AND CONTINUE DOING THAT. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE WE GET GREAT APPLICANTS WITH I IS AMAZING. WE MET ONE OF OUR APPLICANTS, HE DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER AS I SAID AT HOME. AND THAT IS WHY -- AND EVERY DAY WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE APPLICANTS BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO GO THROUGH THAT APPLICATION, SO A LONG, LENGTHY PROCESS AND SOMETIMES IF ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE AND IF IT IS NOT IN THAT COMPUTER AGE, A LOT OF IN THAT COMPUTER AGE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VERY TECHIE AND THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GO TO. AND LASTLY, WE ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER, THE EARLY LEARNING TASK FORCE. WE KIND -- I DON'T LIKE TO MEET TO MEET. WE KIND OF HIT A WE KIND OF HIT A WALL. THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT, FOR COMING IN. AND I KNOW DR. AND I KNOW DR. HICKS WILL COME. AND ANY BOARD MEMBER THAT IS INTERESTED. THAT WILL BE JANUARY 22 AT 1 P.M. I KNOW THAT -- YOU KNOW, MEMBER HAHN HAS BEEN LIKE A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR EARLY LEARNING FROM HER WHOLE CAREER AND I THINK ALL OF IS ON THIS BOARD IS VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN EARLY LEARNING. AND THAT END. MAKING SURE THAT PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE STUDENTS FOR LIFE THE MORE IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS AND SUPPORT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT TAMPA BEING SUCH A DESERT FOR EARLY LEARNING IN SOME AREAS, IT IS REALLY IMPACTFUL. I WILL SAY THE OTHER DAY I WAS AT A RESTAURANT AND SITTING THERE EATING DINNER AND I THERE EATING DINNER AND I SAW A FAMILY AND DAUGHTER HAD HER THUMB THIS HER MOUTH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD AND SHE HAD THESE LIGHT LIGHT UP HEADPHONES AND SO DID THE OTHER DAUGHTER. AND THE ENTIRE TIME, THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS ON THE PHONES THE ENTIRE TIME. EVEN WHEN THE FOOD CAME IN. I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS SO, SO SCARY. NEXT DAY WALKING TO PUBLIX, I SAW A MOTHER AND A SON WALKING WITH THEIR PHONES DOWN LIKE THIS. ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE ARE COMBATING RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT AND CONTINUE TALK ABOUT IMPORTANCE OF EARLY LEARNING AND MAKING SURE KNEW NUMERACY AS WELL AS LITERACY LITERACY AND THAT WILL HELP SCHOOLS. THANK YOU, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. >>Jessica Vaughn: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. JUST TO CLOSE WITH, I WANT TO SAY A FEW SAY A FEW THINGS. FIRST, NEW TAMPA, ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, CLARK ELEMENTARY UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCED A GREAT LOSS OF HER HUSBAND A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR MYSELF AND THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT AND THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT THAT OUR GHAERTS OUT TO MISS GLANCE FROM CLARK ELEMENTARY. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. AND I JUST WANT TO CONVEY OUR MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND LOVE AND SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY AROUND THAT. ALSO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU -- I MEAN CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE OF OUR OWN. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MISS ALLEN ONE OF THE FIRST MISS ALLEN ONE OF THE FIRST INAUGURAL INAUGURAL EMERGING STATE EXECUTIVE FOR COHORT OF WOMEN LEADING EDUCATION. A BIG DEAL. SHOUTOUT AND SHOUTOUT AND CONGRATULATION TO HER. WE TOUCHED ON A FEW THINGS REGARDING GRADUATION RATES. OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TO OUR DISTRICT AND TO MR. BRADY AND WILL NELSON, BUT MOSTLY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE IN THERE EVERY DAY PUSHING DAY PUSHING TO OUR AMAZING DAY PUSHING TO OUR AMAZING ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORT IS STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TOGETHER AND PROVING HILLSBOROUGH STRONG ON OUR GRADUATION RATES. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE -- AGAIN, WE HAVE KIND OF -- AGAIN, WE HAVE KIND OF TOUCHED ON A FEW TIMES NEW ORLEANS AND THE FIRES, AND IS TEAMS LIKE WE ARE JUMPS TEAMS LIKE WE ARE JUMPS FROM ONE TRAGEDY TO THE NEXT. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO ALL THOSE AFFECTED. ANYBODY WHO LOST HOMES ANYBODY WHO LOST HOMES AND ANYBODY WHO LOST HOMES AND. AND COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT. WE WANT TO SHARE OUR HEARTS OUT TO EVERYONE WHO IS STILL FACING DANGER OR LOSS FROM THAT TRAGEDY. THANK YOU FOR COVERING THAT IN YOUR MOMENT OF REFLECTION. YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, IT HAS BEEN IT SEEMED LIKE A SHORT BREAK BECAUSE SOME OF US WAS SICK. I HOPE EVERYONE WHO WAS ON BREAK IS HEALTHY AND COMING BACK RENEWED. READY TO READY TO HIT THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR SEEMS LIKE ONLY A FEW WEEKS BEFORE SPRING BREAK AND GRADUATION ALSO BE UPON US. WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE THINGS GO REALLY FATHER. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK. I HOPE WE HAVE A GREAT SECOND HALF. AND SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THERE ARE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. EARLY.